Bikini, Berlin
Bikini Berlin can justifiably style itself “Germany’s first concept mall.” Breaking out of the familiar mall mold, it has wooden boxes on the ground floor for designers and manufacturers to rent as pop-up stores. The shops on the upper floors stock a carefully curated mix of lifestyle, fashion and design products.bikiniberlin.de

Friday Next, Amsterdam
Friday Next has a café and its own interior design team, Friday Next Studio. The store sells everything from charcoal grills to soap on a stick and a range of selected articles from big designers …

YME, Oslo
The store offers customers three floors of art, fashion, literature and more besides. The decor is unusual even for a concept store: On the ground floor, the architects have installed a 25-meter-long pinewood frieze.

Story, New York
New York is where stories are sold – a new one every couple of weeks. They may be about technology, or love, or him or her. And with every new theme, the concept store changes its entire range of goods, its event program and its interior design.

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Story was established in 2011 as a start-up store by the inventive Rachel Shechtman, who has been coming up with surprising new concepts ever since.thisisstory.com

Nina, Panama-Stadt
Panama is simple and cleaned-up – which is exactly what the curators were looking for. Some food, a little jewelry, too, but the main focus is on home decor. Nothing eccentric, but plenty of spirit.

The Row, Los Angeles
The Row is the fashion label of former child stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. They sell their collections here, as well as the bold mix of antique and modern design pieces that make up the decor. therow.com

Bombay Electric, Mumbai
Bombay Electric, right across from the Taj Mahal Hotel, is arguably India’s smartest store. Dedicated to Indian design, artisan crafts and the sensory experience of textures, it has been called the “Barney’s of Mumbai” ...